Birkat Shalom Studies in the Bible, Ancient near Eastern Literature, and Post-Biblical Judaism: Presented to Shalom M. Paul on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday |
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| Editor:
| Cohen, Chaim
Hurowitz, Victor Avigdor
Hurvitz, Avi M.
Muffs, Yochanan
Schwartz, Baruch J.
Tigay, Jeffrey H. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57506-145-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2008 |
| Publisher: | Eisenbrauns, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Multiple-item retail product |
| List Price: | USD $99.50 |
Book Description:
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This magnificent volume is a compilation of the writings of friends, colleagues, and former students in tribute to Shalom Paul, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Bible Department at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. More than 60 essayists contribute new ideas in the areas of research most loved by Prof. Paul, such as biblical literature and criticism, prophecy, comparative exegesis and linguistics, ancient Near Eastern historical and cultural milieus, and biblical and...
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This magnificent volume is a compilation of the writings of friends, colleagues, and former students in tribute to Shalom Paul, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Bible Department at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. More than 60 essayists contribute new ideas in the areas of research most loved by Prof. Paul, such as biblical literature and criticism, prophecy, comparative exegesis and linguistics, ancient Near Eastern historical and cultural milieus, and biblical and Mesopotamian law.
Contributors include scholars of renown such as Adele Berlin, Frank Moore Cross, William G. Dever, Michael V. Fox, William W. Hallo, Sara Japhet, André Lemaire, Carol Meyers, Jacob Milgrom, Elisha Qimron, Gary A. Rendsburg, Jack M. Sasson, Shemaryahu Talmon, Emanuel Tov, James C. VanderKam, Joan Goodnick Westenholz, and Ziony Zevit.